Patents by Inventor Kirk Watson Beach

Kirk Watson Beach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11760905
    Abstract: Brain motion monitoring systems and methods are disclosed that can detect interpret and/or display normal and abnormal brain motions. The devices and methods can detect Cerebrovascular Stenosis and provide for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Watson Beach, Mitsuhiro Oura
  • Patent number: 10806357
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter related to methods and apparatus for determining brain swelling in a patient as well as predicting an increase in intracranial pressure in the patient. The apparatus can include a transducer such as an ultrasound transducer communicatively connected to a controller via wires or via wireless communications device(s). A monitor and/or alarm device can be provided to notify a practitioner when the controller has determined brain swelling is occurring and/or when an imminent increase in intracranial pressure is likely to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kirk Watson Beach
  • Publication number: 20190282108
    Abstract: Brain motion monitoring systems and methods are disclosed that can detect interpret and/or display normal and abnormal brain motions. The devices and methods can detect Cerebrovascular Stenosis and provide for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Watson BEACH, Mitsuhiro OURA
  • Publication number: 20180344182
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter related to methods and apparatus for determining brain swelling in a patient as well as predicting an increase in intracranial pressure in the patient. The apparatus can include a transducer such as an ultrasound transducer communicatively connected to a controller via wires or via wireless communications device(s). A monitor and/or alarm device can be provided to notify a practitioner when the controller has determined brain swelling is occurring and/or when an imminent increase in intracranial pressure is likely to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Kirk Watson Beach
  • Patent number: 10064563
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter related to methods and apparatus for determining brain swelling in a patient as well as predicting an increase in intracranial pressure in the patient. The apparatus can include a transducer such as an ultrasound transducer communicatively connected to a controller via wires or via wireless communications device(s). A monitor and/or alarm device can be provided to notify a practitioner when the controller has determined brain swelling is occurring and/or when an imminent increase in intracranial pressure is likely to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kirk Watson Beach
  • Publication number: 20150359448
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter related to methods and apparatus for determining brain swelling in a patient as well as predicting an increase in intracranial pressure in the patient. The apparatus can include a transducer such as an ultrasound transducer communicatively connected to a controller via wires or via wireless communications device(s). A monitor and/or alarm device can be provided to notify a practitioner when the controller has determined brain swelling is occurring and/or when an imminent increase in intracranial pressure is likely to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Kirk Watson Beach
  • Patent number: 5951476
    Abstract: Continued bleeding into a pocket or hematoma in the cranium could exert pressure on the brain which would move it relative to the cranium to force the brain stem into the medulla oblongata to arrest breathing. Such brain micromovement is detected by projecting bursts of ultrasound into one or both of the temple areas of the cranium or into the medulla oblongata, and the readout of echoes received from different depths is displayed on a screen. The readout of the echoes indicates continued microshifts of the brain relative to the cranium. To differentiate microshifts of the brain relative to the cranium caused by continued intracranial bleeding as distinguished from pulsations of the brain relative to the cranium caused by supply of blood to the brain from the heart and return of blood from the brain to the heart, the timing of the bursts of ultrasound into the cranium is synchronized with the pulse indicated by a heart pulse monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventor: Kirk Watson Beach